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Social Responsibility's Strategic Benefits
December 15, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM US/Eastern (GMT-5)
Join Ed Granger-Happ, CIO of Save the Children, for a discussion of how creating an organization that is socially responsible improves staffing, retention, leadership development and overall corporate health.
Working With and Communicating to Your Board of Directors
January 13, 2009, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM US/Eastern (GMT-5)
CIO panelists who will share tips and experiences working with their boards: Twila Day of SYSCO; Jeff O'Hare, West Corp.; Marc West, formerly with H&R Block.
IT's Role in Growing Mid-Market Companies
January 14, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM ET (GMT-5)
Mid-market Council members will share their companies' stories and challenges in driving or coping with growth. Panelists represent Veterinary Pet Insurance, Medicis Pharmaceutical, and Intrax Cultural Exchange.
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October 04, 2007 — IDG News Service (London Bureau) — Subscribers to a U.S. Department of Homeland Security daily e-mail bulletin were inundated with dozens of e-mails on Wednesday due to a glitch with the mailing list.
The gaffe started after one man, Alex Greene, a manager at GKN Freight Services, sent a reply to the Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report, a round-up of security-related news reports, to change his subscription information.
The e-mail server sent Greene's reply to everyone on the DHS's subscriber list, which sent off a torrent of responses from recipients -- some humorous, some irritable -- which in turn were fired out again to all subscribers, according to the SANS Institute, a computer security monitoring organization. The cause of the problem was likely an erroneous change in the e-mail server's settings.
The error could cause big trouble if a hacker sent a bad e-mail attachment with a zero-day security vulnerability "to nail a few dozen gullible security professionals," Marcus Sachs wrote in the SANS diary, which documents security incidents.
"If you maintain a broadcast mailing list, make sure that the address will not reflect e-mail from sources other than the owner of the list," Sachs wrote. "Otherwise, you will become a training example for SANS."
Excerpts of some of the e-mails were published by The New York Times.
"Dear Mr. Alex Greene (the guy who started this mess). May the fleas of a thousand camels infest your armpits and may a yak in heat make love to your shin," wrote Michael B. Smith.
Others were more lighthearted and opportunistic about the mistake. "Well as long as we have a free for all going here, I'm job hunting," wrote Lt. Col. Mary Brown, a U.S. Air Force Reserve officer. "Anybody have anything open out there?
Other stories by Jeremy Kirk Copyright 2006 IDG News Service, International Data Group Inc. All rights reserved.
FORTUNE 100 insurance leaders rely on the Symantec Data Loss Prevention solution to protect sensitive customer data.
Do you know where your confidential data is, where it is going, and how to prevent it from leaving your organization.
Learn what the thought-leaders at PricewaterhouseCoopers have to say on the risks associated with data security.
Incorporate best practices from many companies using DLP solutions as you establish your organization's requirements and safeguard confidential data.
35 U.S. organizations that lost confidential information and had a regulatory requirement to publicly notify affected individuals are studied in this report.
Network Security Services: Outsourcing considerations for maximizing network protection
Turn your information management best efforts into best practices.
Top 10 Ways to Protect Against Web Threats
Protecting Data in a Highly Networked World
Laptop Security: Where Do CIOs See Weaknesses?
Data Protection Options Explained
How RFID Improves Data Center Efficiency
Building Competitive Advantage with Next-Generation Wireless Infrastructure
Gartner on Data Deduplication Cost Savings
Into the Wild: Managing Laptops Outside the Office
Revolutionizing Endpoint Security with a Single Agent
War Gaming: How Intel Turned Its Workforce Into a Security Force
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